smudge
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
smudge1
▶verb make or become blurred or smeared. ▶noun a smudged mark or image.
– derivatives
smudgily adverb,
smudginess noun,
smudgy adjective.
smudgily adverb,
smudginess noun,
smudgy adjective.
– origin ME: of unknown origin.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
smudge2
▶noun N. Amer. a smoky outdoor fire lit to keep off insects or protect plants against frost.
– origin C18 (in the sense ‘suffocating smoke’): rel. to obs. smudge ‘to smoke a herring’, of obscure origin.
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